How many home runs did Willie McCovey have in 1978?
121978 Regular Season
Willie McCovey recorded 12 home runs in the 1978 regular season, 81st in the MLB.
- 20th-best of Willie McCovey's 22 seasons on file; the high is 45 in 1969.
- Down 16 from 28 in 1977.
- 12% of the San Francisco Giants' home runs that regular season.
Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches. | SLG: Total bases per at-bat, so a home run counts four times a single. | OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory. | ||
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| 1959 |  SF | 52 | 192 | 32 | 68 | 13 | 38 | 2 | .354 | .429 | .656 | 1.085 |
| 1960 | SF | 101 | 260 | 37 | 62 | 13 | 51 | 1 | .238 | .349 | .469 | .818 |
| 1961 | SF | 106 | 328 | 59 | 89 | 18 | 50 | 1 | .271 | .350 | .491 | .841 |
| 1962 | SF | 91 | 229 | 41 | 67 | 20 | 54 | 3 | .293 | .368 | .590 | .957 |
| 1963 | SF | 152 | 564 | 103 | 158 | 44 | 102 | 1 | .280 | .350 | .566 | .915 |
| 1964 | SF | 130 | 364 | 55 | 80 | 18 | 54 | 2 | .220 | .336 | .412 | .748 |
| 1965 | SF | 160 | 540 | 93 | 149 | 39 | 92 | 0 | .276 | .381 | .539 | .920 |
| 1966 | SF | 150 | 502 | 85 | 148 | 36 | 96 | 2 | .295 | .391 | .586 | .977 |
| 1967 | SF | 135 | 456 | 73 | 126 | 31 | 91 | 3 | .276 | .378 | .535 | .913 |
| 1968 | SF | 148 | 523 | 81 | 153 | 36 | 105 | 4 | .293 | .378 | .545 | .923 |
| 1969 | SF | 149 | 491 | 101 | 157 | 45 | 126 | 0 | .320 | .453 | .656 | 1.108 |
| 1970 | SF | 152 | 495 | 98 | 143 | 39 | 126 | 0 | .289 | .444 | .612 | 1.056 |
| 1971 | SF | 105 | 329 | 45 | 91 | 18 | 70 | 0 | .277 | .396 | .480 | .876 |
| 1972 | SF | 81 | 263 | 30 | 56 | 14 | 35 | 0 | .213 | .316 | .403 | .719 |
| 1973 | SF | 130 | 383 | 52 | 102 | 29 | 75 | 1 | .266 | .420 | .546 | .966 |
| 1974 |  SD | 128 | 344 | 53 | 87 | 22 | 63 | 1 | .253 | .416 | .506 | .922 |
| 1975 | SD | 122 | 413 | 43 | 104 | 23 | 68 | 1 | .252 | .345 | .460 | .805 |
| 1976 |  SD/ATH | 82 | 226 | 20 | 46 | 7 | 36 | 0 | .204 | .283 | .336 | .619 |
| 1977 | SF | 141 | 478 | 54 | 134 | 28 | 86 | 3 | .280 | .367 | .500 | .867 |
| 1978 | SF | 108 | 351 | 32 | 80 | 12 | 64 | 1 | .228 | .298 | .396 | .694 |
| 1979 | SF | 117 | 353 | 34 | 88 | 15 | 57 | 0 | .249 | .318 | .402 | .720 |
| 1980 | SF | 48 | 113 | 8 | 23 | 1 | 16 | 0 | .204 | .285 | .301 | .586 |
What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS